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they had a few things to say about the fiscal cliff. >> good morning. i am lamar alexander. this is my colleague. merry christmas to you. i have a few comments and then i will introduce senator corker. when the dust settles and everything is said and done individual income taxes are not going to go up for almost all americans next year. that will be settled this weekend or it will be settled after the first of the year. that is the most important point for americans to know. almost all americans when the dust -- that will be settled this weekend or will be settled after the first of the year. that is the most important point for americans to know. for almost all americans, individual taxes will not go up next year. all the talk is about taxes, but the talks should be about what we want to talk about today, the medicare fiscal cliff, the looming bankruptcy. there are millions of americans who are counting the days until they are eligible for medicare. it would be a tragedy if when they get to that day they become eligible there's not enough money to pay the bills. according t
they had a few things to say about the fiscal cliff. >> good morning. i am lamar alexander. this is my colleague. merry christmas to you. i have a few comments and then i will introduce senator corker. when the dust settles and everything is said and done individual income taxes are not going to go up for almost all americans next year. that will be settled this weekend or it will be settled after the first of the year. that is the most important point for americans to know. almost all...
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host: we are looking at various aspects at the so-called fiscal cliff. joining us for the discussion is steven sloan. he is with politico. could you define what a tax credit is and how that differs from a tax deduction? guest: credits and deductions are used to lower somebody's tax bill. if you have it $1,000 tax bill -- basically reduces taxable income, so it takes the taxable income off the top. if you have a $1,000 tax deduction, that is basically a $250 deduction. host: on their tax credits that specifically affect families? guest: some that have expired that are part of the fiscal cliff package. guest: some that have expired that are part of the fiscal cliff package. they get much less attention than the bush tax cuts. they are part of the packet of decisions that congress has to make. host: we can go into debt but to highlight four -- let's start with the child tax credit. what is it? guest: this is a credit that applies to families, some that you can use if you make up to $130,000. it is they $1,000 credit for each child. unless congress acts, tha
host: we are looking at various aspects at the so-called fiscal cliff. joining us for the discussion is steven sloan. he is with politico. could you define what a tax credit is and how that differs from a tax deduction? guest: credits and deductions are used to lower somebody's tax bill. if you have it $1,000 tax bill -- basically reduces taxable income, so it takes the taxable income off the top. if you have a $1,000 tax deduction, that is basically a $250 deduction. host: on their tax credits...
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today boehner held a news conference to find out show the fiscal cliff can be prevented he said "god only knows." this is 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. as you know the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we didn't have the votes to pass it. it is not outcome that i wanted but that was the will of the house. so unless the president and congress take action, tax rates will go up on every american taxpayer an devastating defense cuts will go into effect in 10 days. the house is already passed bills addressing the fiscal cliff. we pasted a bill replacing the president's sequester with responsible spending cuts and did it last may. we passed a bill to stop all the tax hikes that are scheduled to take effect on january 1 and we did that on august 1. we proposed plans over and over again that democrats used to support but now they won't. we don't want taxes to go up. republicans don't want taxes to go up. we only run the house and democrats runawayaway. what the president has propose sod far won't do anything to solve our spending problem. he wants more spending
today boehner held a news conference to find out show the fiscal cliff can be prevented he said "god only knows." this is 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. as you know the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we didn't have the votes to pass it. it is not outcome that i wanted but that was the will of the house. so unless the president and congress take action, tax rates will go up on every american taxpayer an devastating defense cuts will go into effect...
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first discussion in negotiation on the fiscal cliff. the president started the day with comments to reporters. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do and we got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy will remain strong, that we're creating jobs and that is an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country share. so our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground, make some tough compromises, build some consensus to do the people's business and what folks are looking for and i think all of us agree on this is action. they want to see that we are focused on them, not focused on our politics here in washington. so my hope is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement that will reduce our deficit in a balanced way, that we will deal wit
first discussion in negotiation on the fiscal cliff. the president started the day with comments to reporters. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do and we got to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy will remain strong, that we're creating jobs and that is an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the...
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it is known at the cliff -- the fiscal cliff. our live coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span 2. you and see the discussion live beginning at 4:30 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 2. >> take a look at c-span's debate held. there is video of the vice presidential debate, as well as the presidential debate, or see individual clips of each question. tuesday, you can see live, behind-the-scenes coverage, including the spin room. watch and engaged with live tweets and add your own. c-span.org/debates. >> tuesday, justice elliott will be on to discuss the project to achieve greater transparency. we are joined by tucker carlson. and we will hear from david becker. "washington journal" airs live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> democrat steven horsford and debate.rkanian this was hosted by pbs. >> good evening. for the next 30 minutes, i will be moderating a debate between the democratic and republican candidates running in 4th congressional district. they will make opening and closing statements. they will respond to questions that i will ask of eac
it is known at the cliff -- the fiscal cliff. our live coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span 2. you and see the discussion live beginning at 4:30 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 2. >> take a look at c-span's debate held. there is video of the vice presidential debate, as well as the presidential debate, or see individual clips of each question. tuesday, you can see live, behind-the-scenes coverage, including the spin room. watch and engaged with live tweets and add your own....